A delegation of French left legislators saw its visas canceled by the Israeli authorities, on Sunday, April 20, two days before a planned trip. Among them were the parliamentarians François Ruffin and Alexis Corbière, formerly members of the Radical Left France Insoumise (LFI) and now sitting with the greens. The prohibition recalled the imposed on the cold-palestine Eurodiputa Rima Hassan, a member of LFI, who was rejected at the airport on February 24.
The delegation, which included the chosen communist and green officials, the mayors and civil society figures invited by the French consulate in Jerusalem, had planned to visit Israel, as well as the Palestinian territories from April 20 to 24. Collective. The Israeli government justified its decision by invoking a law that allows the expulsion of entry to people who intend to act against the State of Israel.
It is the first time that a whole French delegation has denied access to Israeli soil. Duration A press conference held on April 22, Ruffin, Corbière and the rest of the delegation appealed to President Emmanuel Macron and the Ministry of French Foreign Affairs. Messages were also sent to several officials in the Macron camp to increase the matter at the highest level of government. However, the request remained unanswered, when publishing this article.
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